PRHGS Photo Album

Before
Macdonald's an Kentucky Fried Chicken and the other fast food
chains invaded Puerto Rico, workers in the towns and countryside
depended on itinerant food vendors for their lunch time meals
which were delivered piping hot in "fiambreras"-- a
nest of pots.

This Postcard was published (circa 1895)
in the Canary Islands from which many of our ancestors emigrated from to
Puerto Rico. It depicts the harbor of the island of Gran Canaria and
several motorized sailing ships that transported people and cargo to Spain's
island possessions in the Caribbean.

The
Guardias de la Pátria were local militia units organized
in the various towns in Puerto Rico during World War I to defend
the Island while the Regular Army's ProvisionalPuerto Rican Infantry
Regiment was posted to Panama to protect the Canal against German
saboteurs.